{"id":164,"date":"2011-04-18T09:55:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T09:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.anythingforhire.co.uk\/?p=164"},"modified":"2016-07-07T11:18:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T10:18:49","slug":"bq-launch-new-van-hire-scheme-in-conjunction-with-hertz-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/bq-launch-new-van-hire-scheme-in-conjunction-with-hertz-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"B&#038;Q launch new van hire scheme in conjunction with Hertz Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-343\" title=\"b&amp;q-van-hire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bq-van-hire.jpg\" alt=\"B &amp; Q Hire\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/>Home improvements and garden retailer, B&amp;Q, have launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/hire\/van-hire\">van hire<\/a> scheme in conjunction with car hire giant Hertz.<\/p>\n<p>The three year deal between B&amp;Q and the car sharing arm of the car hire company, Connect Hertz, will enable customers to hire a van for short term trips from 137 stores across the UK. It is hoped the offer of <a href=\"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/hire\/van-hire\">van hire<\/a> will enable B&amp;Q customers to take home bulky purchases easily and conveniently.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/hire\/van-hire\">van hire<\/a> initiative was piloted at 7 B&amp;Q branches across the UK for 23 weeks before it was decided to launch the service full time nationwide. B&amp;Q <a href=\"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/hire\/van-hire\">van hire<\/a> costs from \u00a314 an hour for travel within a 20 mile radius of the store, after which the costs goes up to 30p a mile.<\/p>\n<p>The average cost of <a href=\"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/hire\/van-hire\">van hire<\/a> in the UK is between \u00a310 &#8211; \u00a317 an hour, and so the service offered by B&amp;Q is good value for money for customers looking for a convenient means by which to take home sizeable goods from the store.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to hire a van from B&amp;Q drivers must be over 21 years of age, they must hold a valid driver\u2019s licence, and have a valid credit or debit card. Please see the main B&amp;Q website for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home improvements and garden retailer, B&amp;Q, have launched a van hire scheme in conjunction with car hire giant Hertz. The three year deal between B&amp;Q and the car sharing arm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1015,1011,1342,1124,1995,4133,1358,1054,1210,1133,1387],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-news","category-hire-rental-news","category-transport-hire"],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1964,"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/1964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anythingforhire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}